Fence-wire fastening



Patented Marf2l, 1399,.

No. 62l,49l.

T. F. FEENY. FENCE WIRE FASTENING.

(Application filed N07. 12, 1898.)

(No Model.)

0.. WASHINGTON u c PATENT FFicE.

.TI-IOMAS F. FEENY, OF BOULDER, COLORADO.

FENCE-WIRE FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent I\l'0. 621,491, dated March 21, 1899. Application filed November 12, 1898. Serial No. 696,251. (No model-l To. all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. FEENY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boulder, in the county of Boulder and State of Colorado,have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Fenceire Fastenings; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention has for its object to provide a simple and effective means for securing barbed or other fence wires in position; and it consists in the details of construction substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view showing my improved means of securing the fence-wire to the stay rod or wire; Fig. 2, a side elevation showing the fence wire and the clamping plate or clip in section Fig. 3, a detailview in perspective of the clamping plate or clip.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the usual stay rod or wire of a fence, to which the usual fence-wires B are secured. The means employed for securing the fencewires in place, asshown in Fig. 1, consists of a U-shaped metal clamping plate or clip 0, which plate or clip has a rectangularopenin g a through its upper extension b, and its lower extension 0 is forked, as shown at d. A flatsided wedge D engages the rectangular opening a and passes down through the forked end 0, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. concave or rounding upon its inner side and rear end, as shown at 6, serves to tightly clamp the wires 13 when drawn against them The clamping plate or clip 0 being by the wedge D much more effectively than were the inner surface of the plate or clip perfectly straight or fiat sided, asthe pressure against the wires is at an angle and toward a given center, as illustrated by the dotted cross-lines shown in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings. The .lower extension 0 of the plate or clip 0 being forked, as shown, and not hav-.

ing an opening closed at its end, as in the upper extension Z), the necessity of a speciallyconstructed wedge of certain width is not re quired, as the forked end 0 enables the lower end of the wedge to project beyond the forked end in a lateral direction if necessary to drive the wedge a sufficient distance down to securely clamp the wires. This feature of the invention is considered of material importance in providing more effective means for firmly and rigidly securing the fencewires in place by the use of a wedge not especially adapted to the clamping plate or clip.

Having now fully described inyinvention,

of two witnesses.

THOMAS F. FEENY.

Witnesses:

CLAIRE B. FEENY, SELDEN O. MARTIN. 

